I Can Do Hard Things

Week starting Mar 17, 2019

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Location:

American Fork,UT,

Member Since:

Nov 27, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

St George Marathon

2011 - 4:11:52

2017. -4:01:17

2021 - 4:03:05

Salt Lake City Full Marathon

2013 - 4:23:03

Ogden Marathon

2012 - 3:58:35

2013 - 4:17:20

2014 - 4:02:51

2017 - 3:55:22**

2023 - 3:57:09

Utah Valley Marathon

2019 - 4:05:37

Top of Utah Marathon

2014 - 4:09:27

Mt Charleston Marathon

2019 - 4:05:33

West Mountain Marathon

2015 - 4:42:34

St George Half Marathon

2012 - 1:55:00

2013 - 2:03:00

2014 - 1:46:00

2015 - 1:48:00

2022- 1:42:45**

Salt Lake City Half Marathon

2012 - 1:51:00

2014 - 1:44:01

Hobble Creek Half Marathon

2001 - 1:40:00**

2011 - 1:45:00

2012 - 1:43:00

2013 - 1:43:00

2022 - 1:48:53

Ogden Half Marathn

2024 - 1:48:58 - 3rd place in AG

American Fork Half Marathon

2013 - 1:48:24

2014- 1:53:23 (pacing Tim)

2017 - 1:47:54

2018 - 1:48:12

2019 - 1:47:50

Timp Half Marathon

2012 - 1:47:18

2022 - 1:49:40 (AF Cancer course)

Utah Valley Half Marathon

2011 - 1:55:00

Top of Utah Half Marathon

2010 - 1:48:20

The Haunted Half Provo

2018 - 1:51:28

Goblin Valley 50K

2014 - 5:58

Red Mountain 55K

2018 - 7:31:37

Antelope Island Fall Classic 50K

2017 - 6:14:23

Antelope Island 50 Mile

2015 - 10:10:00

Antelope Island 100 Mile

2018 - 26:53

**Personal Best

Short-Term Running Goals:

Long-Term Running Goals:

To qualify for Boston

Personal:

Married for 23 years. I have 18 year old triplets and a 15 year old. I love to sew, garden, and run!

Favorite Running Quotes:

1.

"Sooner or later the serious runner goes through a special, very personal experience that is unknown to most people.

Some call it euphoria. Others say it's a new kind of mystical experience that propels you into a elevated state of consciousness, a flash of joy.

A sense of floating as you run. This experience is unique to each of us, but when it happens, you break through a barrier that separates you from casual runners. Forever. And from that point on, there is no finish line. You run for your life. You begin to be addicted to what running gives you."

~Nike Poster

2. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

- Lao-Tzu

You’ve no doubt heard this. And you’ve probably recited it in your mind on a run or at the gym when you’re just beginning to get in shape. You have a goal in sight and this quote brings you back to the current moment.

But the problem is that many runners forget all of the steps between the first one and the goal. If your goal is to run under two hours for the half marathon then you need to be honest about all of the little steps to get to that goal.

…and what I’d rather see you do is to get the goal out of mind completely, but rather focus on the process, not the outcome. -Jay Johnson Process orientation, not outcome orientation.

You should have goals, but you should take it one step at a time. And you should be honest about the fact that you don’t know how many steps it will take to get there. ~ Vernon Gambetta

3. Human beings are made up of flesh, blood and a miracle fiber called COURAGE! ~ George Patton

4. Find the courage to be patient.

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Miles:	This week:	13.95	Month:	44.34	Year:	964.25
2014 - Minutes Lifetime Miles:						28605.00

Totals

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
24.60	5.40	30.00

Weight: 0.00

Mon, Mar 18, 2019

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
6.50	0.00	6.50

Golf course - 100e-300n—TT: 1:02:26 AP: 9:36

Felt alright. Calves and hips still tight. Sunshine felt good!

3x

Squat

Walking lunges

Side lunges

SLDL

SL bridge

Monster walks

Walk sit with adductor (band)

Weight: 0.00

Tue, Mar 19, 2019

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
5.00	0.00	5.00

silo road -mct loop TT: 50:38 AP: 10:07

I am doing Saturday's run today.

3x

trx lunge

trx dead lift

trx crunch

trx side plank up/downs

trx W

1x

adductor squeeze

crunches

bridges

Weight: 0.00

Wed, Mar 20, 2019

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
7.50	0.00	7.50

Discovery Park Loop TT: 1:11:40 AP: 9:25 The sun was shining and it felt so good! I felt slightly stiff and clunky.

Wide squat

SL squat to lunge

Shoe laces hamstrings

Step ups

Monster walk

Adductor squeeze

Donkey kicks

Crunches

Weight: 0.00

Fri, Mar 22, 2019

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
5.60	5.40	11.00

TT: 2:25:28 AP: 8:53

9.73 miles HR: 176

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TT: 11:32 AP: 11:32 HR: 171

1.3 miles

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Warm up with Karen and Leslie: 9:37, 9:18, 9:21

3k (8:15-8:25): 8:27, 6:40 (8:23)——-1.8 miles

1k recovery (9:15-9:25): 9:21———.6 miles

3k (8:15-8:25): 8:22, 6:38 (8:19)

1k recovery (9:15-9:25): 9:27

3k (8:15-8:25): 8:30, 6:46 (8:30)

Hmmmm....this didn’t go so well. I felt like I was coming down with a cold all week. Lots of water and LOTS of sleep.

Pre run: bagel.

I met Karen and Leslie and warmed up with them for 3 miles. I felt like I was working hard during the warmup. Left the ladies.

Ran the first 3k. It was a little too hard, but got through it.

Took a gel right before #2. Not quite as hard.

Started #3. Started seeing stars 1 mile into it. I stopped for 10-15 seconds and took a drink. I still didn’t feel right. I just ran and didn’t even look at my watch. My heart was beating so fast.

Started to cool down. Still breathing SO hard and heart beating so fast. Almost felt dizzy. I missed the turn to get back to my car and then freaked out because I was 2-3 miles from my car. I knew I didn’t have enough in me to get to back to it. Thankfully, my husband was leaving for lunch and I was by his office. He kept saying, “you don’t look very good. You REALLY don’t look very good.”

So I’m not sure if it was a nutrition bonk, but that last 3k/cooldown was crazy.

Weight: 0.00

Totals

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
24.60	5.40	30.00

Weight: 0.00

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